History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.) v3.c35.s14.16

v3.c35.s14.16

These Rathods and the Gāhadavālas according to our view as already propounded, as also the Rāshṭrakūṭas of Anga (Bihar) belonged to the same clan which was solar by race and were different from the Rāshṭrakūṭas of Malkhed in the Deccan who belonged to the lunar race though both Pandits Rāmkaran and Gaurishankar look upon them as one family. The Rathods of Central India and of Gujarat probably belonged to the southern clan though not the Rāshṭrakūṭas of Hathondi in Rajputana as Gaurishankar also thinks (Tod p. 364). The Rathods of Jodhpur and Bikaner who now represent the northern Rathod clan are like the Gāhadavālas solar in race though they may have the tradition that they came from Kalyan in the south. Rāshṭrakūṭa is an official name as explained elsewhere and the name may be borne by different clans.